ERNEST
AINES
Thu, 18 Jan
|The Gateway Hotel, Carlingford Room
Your Roots Are Showing - Ernest Aines - Official Showcase - Thursday 18th Jan, Carlingford Room, 9:15pm
Australia's rising folk star, nominated as Australian Folk Artist of the Year 2023, Ernest Aines brings his award winning songwriting to Your Roots Are Showing. Do not miss this artist, as Grammy lifetime recipient Tom Paxton said "you are incredible, where have you been!"
Time & Location
18 Jan 2024, 9:15 pm GMT
The Gateway Hotel, Carlingford Room, Inner Relief Road, Marshes Upper, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 EF88, Ireland
About the event
Ernest Aines, Australian Folk Artist of the Year, 2023 nominee, is a Melbourne based award winning indie folk singer songwriter.
Considered by industry folk to be Australia's Folk rising star, he is getting the attention he deserves worldwide having been invited to play at the world's largest and prestigious folk conference - Folk Alliance International - Kansas City, Missouri in February 2023 - and represented Sounds Australia at the Library of Congress invite show. There, he wowed audiences, silenced them and then received standing ovations. After Ernest’s performance at the 2023 FAI official showcase, American Folk legend and Grammy lifetime achievement award recipient, Tom Paxton went backstage, shook Ernest by the shoulders and said, "Where have you been!! You are incredible! Keep doing this, keep doing this!”.
Van Dyke Parks has stated Aines is a "Giant, lyrically and musically".
His soulful voice, finger picking style & stomp box have drawn comparisons to the work of Ray Lamontagne, Bon Iver, Jeff Buckley and on more recent releases, Nick Drake. However, his music defy's genres as he takes the listener on a genre fluid journey through his mind and influences.